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March 10, 2010

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Commemorative Iron Bowl Post

 

Bama wins 36-0… the largest margin of victory since 1962!!!  Awesome, guys.  Now let’s go win the SEC.

A Bright Sliver of Gratitude

Today was destined to be a “downer” blog day.  Everything is hunky-dory with me, but all around me there is turmoil, uncertainty, disappointment and death.  My wife’s job security – whether she wants to admit it or not – is tenuous.  All around her people are being forced into retirement.  Co-workers and associates are [...]

Light Strikes A Deal

Last night was the Iron & Wine show at WorkPlay.  Even nursing a head cold, Sam Beam was amazing.  Beam, his sister Sarah, and his backing band made for an evening of lovely music.  Charmingly soft-spoken and self-effacing, his on-stage persona complimented his light, airy yet moody tunes.  Old songs were given new, full-band [...]

I Was Framed

Early this morning – around 3:30 a.m. – I used my bedside dream notebook for the first time.  The results were surprising.  I figured that, with just a few written hints, I would be able to recall most of a dream I would have otherwise lost somewhere between waking up and hitting the shower.  [...]

Lovely Weather We’re Having

It has been an interestingly uninteresting week.  My wife is off brainwashing the future unemployed bank tellers of Arizona, and you would think I would be using this “alone time” to engage in some activities I do not normally get to do.  Living like a bachelor.  Eating fast food hamburgers and fries, frozen pizzas [...]

Pitfalls

Several nights ago I had a particularly interesting dream.  This will, alas, be a brief retelling since I have waited so long to write about it and have thus lost many of the details that were once fresh in my mind.  (I have taken measures to prevent the memory loss from happening again by [...]